After missing three games with a stiff lower back, the catcher was run over by Cleveland’s Casey Kotchman, not long after the first baseman knocked Andy Pettitte out of the game with a one-hopper up the middle.

Unlike Pettitte, Martin wasn’t injured.

“I kind of just rolled with that one,” Martin said of the play at the plate after Michael Brantley’s grounder to first. “No pain. It was a gentle tackle.”

“I think he’ll be fine,” manager Joe Girardi said after the 5-4 victory. “We’ll see how he wakes up. I knew he’d be OK.”

Eric Chavez, filling in for Mark Teixeira at first base, made a perfect throw to Martin which allowed him to prepare for Kotchman’s clean blow.

“When they’re bang-bang plays, that can be dangerous,” Martin said. “But the throw gave me time to set my feet.”

* Rafael Soriano got the save yesterday — giving him 17 in 18 chances this season — but he nearly coughed up the lead.

The closer walked in a run before getting Asdrubal Cabrera to fly out to left to end the game with the bases loaded and the Yankees clinging to a one-run advantage.

“He might be a little fatigued,” Girardi said. “It was a day [game] after a night [game]. There’s a good chance I’ll give him [tonight] off. It looked like he was just missing.”

Ryota Igarashi will join the team today to fill out the bullpen, with Freddy Garcia joining the rotation. It will be the second stint with the Yankees for Igarashi, the former Met.

* Umpire Mike DiMuro will not be disciplined for his blown call on Tuesday.

Major League Baseball looked into the play, a pop fly that DiMuro ruled Dewayne Wise had caught as he fell into the left-field seats, even though replays showed he never had the ball and DiMuro never asked Wise to show it to him.

After speaking to DiMuro — who had an uneventful day at second yesterday — the league determined that since he admitted his mistake after the game, no action needed to be taken . . . Derek Jeter, a day after turning 38, was given the day off.